English Translation of Bedros Keljik’s "Armenian-American Sketches" Published

Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Berberian Coordinator of the Armenian Studies Program, announced that the English translation of Bedros Keljik’s Armenian-American Sketches has been published as volume 8 in the Armenian Series of The Press, at California State University, Fresno.

On Western Armenian and Translating: A Conversation with Christopher Atamian

Rupen Janbazian

 

Author and literary critic Krikor Beledian’s Fifty Years of Armenian Literature in France, translated from the original French into English by Christopher Atamian, is a groundbreaking study of the Armenian literary scene in the important Armenian Diaspora community of France.

The book examines Armenian literature as it emerged in France between 1922 and the early 1970s, and retraces the literary history of the period, starting with Armenian immigration until the passing away of the movement’s main representatives. It also examines the most significant works published in that period, studying the issues raised by a literature of exile, born after an event that was experienced and interpreted as a “national catastrophe.”

Beledian has lived in Paris since 1967 and has become intimately aware of the Armenian literary scene in France. He is an accomplished writer in his own right, as well as prolific critic. Through this book, he has produced comprehensive and fascinating view of the Armenian literary landscape in France, one that will be of lasting significance to the study of Armenian literature.

Atamian’s translation of Fifty Years of Armenian Literature in France comes out at a time when a small but important number of works in translation are shedding light on literature previously unavailable in English.

The Armenian Weekly recently sat down with Atamian to discuss this latest publication.

Candidates Sought for Tololyan Prize in Contemporary Literature

The Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society of Eastern United States is pleased to solicit submissions for the third annual Minas and Kohar Tölölyan Prize in Contemporary Literature.

As with last year, two prizes, one for the Armenian language submissions and one for the English language submissions, will be awarded as the winners of the Minas and Kohar Tölölyan Prize in Contemporary Literature.

"Dear Armen": Audience-Immersive Theater Experience Will Be Premiered in New York on May 7

Dear Armen (www.deararmen.com), an audience-immersive theater experience starring Kamee Abrahamian and D. Lee Williams Boudakian, will be premiered in New York on May 7 at Alwan for the Arts (16 Beaver Street, Manhattan).

Hamazkaín anuncia al ganador del premio “Tölölyán” en literatura contemporánea

El pasado 4 de mayo, durante su convención anual en Boston, la Asociación Educacional y Cultural Hamazkaín de la Costa Este de los Estados Unidos, anunció la designación de Christopher Atamián como ganador de la edición inaugural del Premio “Minás y Kohar Tölölyán” en literatura contemporánea por su traducción de The Bois de Vincennes, de Nigoghós Sarafián.

Hamazkayin Announces Winner of Tölölyan Prize in Contemporary Literature

On May 4, the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society of the Eastern United States, at its Annual Pan Gathering in Boston, announced it had named Christopher Atamian as the winner of the inaugural Minas and Kohar Tölölyan Prize in Contemporary Literature, for his translation of Nigoghos Sarafian’s The Bois de Vincennes.